Where does “genderbend” come from?
genderbend (English) comes from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
genderbend (English): Synonym of genderswap
Definitions
- Synonym of genderswap
Ancestry of “genderbend”, step by step
genderbend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gender | kind |
| 2 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 3 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 4 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English bend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bend | To cause to change its shape into a curve, by... |
| 2 | Middle English | benden | — |
| 3 | Old English | bendan | to bind; to bend a bow |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | bandijan | to bind |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bandijaną | To bind, fetter, restrain; stretch; To bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |